Talk:Richard Wagner/Comments

[edit] Wagner Project Assessment

B class (high end). Substantial. This is just an assessment with a few comments, not a peer review. The article could benefit from:

More rigorous inline referencing - which at the moment only covers Wagner controversies.
More pictures.
Media files moved to individual opera articles - assuming they are worth keeping at all.
A separate Wagner bibliography.
A list of musical compositions (at the moment there is only a list of operas).
A list of publications (essays, polemics, biographical works etc.)

There are probably many other things that could be done. Perhaps it's time for a thorough-going review? -- Kleinzach 10:05, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Agree with B-class and all of the above comments. Additional things that occur to me:

Parts of the article look rather sloppy, there are statements not aligned with those in related articles (e.g. Ludwig Geyer) and there is a certain amount of drivel, e.g. the section on "Here comes the Bride"). Detailed copy-editing seems to me to be required.
The overall structure and balance of the article needs looking at...
... in relation to which, and as the article is really quite long, I wonder whether there ought to be more spin-off articles rather than just the one. If FA status is to be aimed for with any seriousness - and I don't see why it shouldn't - I'd suggest a look at William Shakespeare, which was promoted recently and has numerous spinoffs.
The Wagner controversies article is the only spin-off, and I'd say that the Controversies section here could be reducd to a few pithy sentences.

--GuillaumeTell 15:31, 3 October 2007 (UTC)